Month: December 2019

Reading: Student will learn to recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Math:  Students will compare and count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Writing: Students will understand how to write an opinion paper. They will work on the steps in the writing process from drafting, revising, editing to publishing.

Science: Students will learn about the structure and properties of matter. They will learn that different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Students will learn that matter can be described and classified by its observable properties A great variety of objects can be built up from a small set of pieces.

Social Studies:  Students will use components of culture (e.g., foods, language, religion, traditions) to describe diversity in the local community.

Come enjoy a relaxing and enjoyable evening at the PTA sponsored Roller Skating Event taking place next Thursday December 12th, 2019 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Lincoln Park Skating Arena, free busing will be available to transport the first 60 Miller students / parents turning in their permission slip, bus departs from Miller Elementary at 5:30 p.m.  All students must be accompanied by a parent to attend. The cost of admission is $7 a person when tickets are purchased at school or $8 if tickets are purchased at the door (Roller skates included in price:>)

Q Parent Connect has arrived… for easy installation please follow the instructions below.

• NEW FEATURE – Q PARENT CONNECTION MOBILE APP:   Mobile App and Desktop version that allows parents to report absences for their students.

This is a mobile application that provides parents with direct access to student data via the phones. Using a confidential PIN (Personal Identification Number) and password, parents can connect to the school district’s student database.  Follow the following steps:  

• APPLE DEVICES:  
  • Go to the App Store
  • Search for “Q ParentConnection”
  • Select “GET” to start downloading the app
• ANDROID DEVICES:  
  • Go to the Play Store
  • Search for “Q ParentConnection”
  • Select “INSTALL” to start downloading the app
• If you do not remember your Parent Connect pin Office Staff are ready to assist. Have a great evening!

Adult ESL Registration

Please see below for the attached is Registration for Adult ESL Classes Winter Term.

Winter 2020 ESL Classes @ Miller Elementary.docx

PTA Meeting Friday 12/13

A very important PTA Parent Reading Meeting will be held this Friday December 13th in the Miller Cafeteria beginning at 9 a.m. The agenda is exclusive to providing parents with reading strategies and resources to help improve their child’s home reading habits. The meeting will be followed by an Open House, where parents can enter the classroom and observe the great teaching and learning taking place.  If there is one meeting parent need to attend it is this one… hope to see you there. 

Focus for Week of 12/9-12/13

Reading:  Students will learn to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
They will learn to recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Math:  Students will compare and count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Writing: Students will understand how to write an opinion paper. They will work on the steps in the writing process from drafting, revising, editing to publishing.

Science: Students will plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
They will learn how different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties.

Social Studies:  Students will review maps, positive and negative consequences, landforms and various forms of transportation. They will be tested on Unit 2.

Reading:  Students will learn to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
They will learn to recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Math:  Students will compare and count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Writing: Students will understand how to write an informative/explanatory text in which they introduce a topic by explaining the definition and purpose of an informative or explanatory text about the Miller garden.

Science: Students will plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
They will learn how different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties.

Social Studies:  Students will use maps to describe the spatial organization of the local community by applying concepts including relative location and using distance, direction, and scale. They will describe land use in the community(e.g. where people live, where services are provided, where products are made). Students will construct maps of the local community that contain symbols, labels, and legends denoting human and natural characteristics of place.